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Ladyish vs Ladyfish - What's the difference?

ladyish | ladyfish |

As an adjective ladyish

is characteristic of a lady.

As a noun ladyfish is

a coastal dwelling fish in the genus elops , found throughout the tropical and sub-tropical regions.

ladyish

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Characteristic of a lady
  • *{{quote-book, year=1884, author=Joseph Conrad, title=Tales Of Hearsay, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Do you think it was a ladyish , afternoon call, another-cup-of-tea-please apparition that visits your Professor Cranks and that journalist chap you are always talking about? }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1893, author=Ernest Dowson and Arthur Moore, title=A Comedy of Masks, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=She is an innocent young thing, after all--younger than I ever was--for all her fine dresses and her grand ladyish way. }}

    ladyfish

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A coastal dwelling fish in the genus Elops , found throughout the tropical and sub-tropical regions.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2008, date=March 5, author=Norm Zeigler, title=Seeking Florida Redfish, Catching Only Glimpses, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Eventually we yielded to the urge to catch something — anything — so we sought out a channel where we boated seatrout, ladyfish and one lizard fish.}}
  • The (Spanish hogfish) ()
  • , one of the fish called bonefish.

    • Synonyms

    * tenpounder

    See also

    *(Elopidae) *(Bodianus rufus) *(Elops) *(Bodianus rufus)